Even the most casual comparison of ballistics tables for 308win and 6.5 anything will show a tremendous advantage for the 6.5 over the 308win. They don’t call them cheater cartridges for nothing. Sure hornady did a great job marketing the 6.5creedmoor, but the 260rem, 6.5x47L, and 6.5swede along with a dozen other 6.5 and 6 mm cartridges will flat smoke the 308win. That’s why in both fclass and PRS style matches the 308 shoots in its own class. It can’t compete because of math, not marketing.
The 6.5swede is an excellent choice. However you might consider a compromise.... the 6.5swedemoor
A gunsmith who does business under the name Accuracy Addiction has a good Reamer and calls it the 6.5 Addiction, but everyone else calls it the swedemoor. Of course, you’ll have to reload your own Ammo.
The problem with both the 6.5swede and the 260rem is you can’t quite hit the optimal seating depth and still fit in an AICS style magazine. Since you’re rebarreling a Mauser, you won’t have this issue. Assuming you reload, you should be able to pick a bullet and have a gunsmith sort out the proper twist rate and throat for you.
Then the only real problem is putting $800 worth of gunsmithing into a gun that will immediately be worth a fraction of that. As long as you don’t need to sell it in the future, no prob
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